Area: Gay Village / Hurst St | OUT IN BRUM

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• GAY VILLAGE
• THE 8 BT BIRMGHAM GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• GAY DATG BIRMGHAM
• THE BEST BIRMGHAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BIRMGHAM
• ESTATE AGENT WHE ROLLS ROYCE JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS CYUSMAN MURTZA AGED 31, OM TIPTON, ATTACKED JOHN-PL KSELER AND ANTHONY SMH WH A GLASS BOTTLE AND METAL BAR OUTSI THE FORMER JTER BAR BIRMGHAM CY CENTRE 2021BIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYCARL JACKSONCOURT REPORTER17:01, 21 JUL 2023UPDATED12:18, 22 JUL 2023BOOKMARKUSMAN MURTZA RRIED OUT A HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK ON JOHN-PL KSELER (PICTURED RIGHT) AND ANTHONY SMH BIRMGHAM CY CENTRETHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• THIS IS WHAT THE GAY VILLAGE REALLY MEANS TO BIRMGHAM’S LGBT MUNYBIRMGHAM’S LGBT MUNY HAS OPENED UP ABOUT WHAT THE GAY VILLAGE REALLY MEANS TO THEM.BIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYKIRSTY CARDCOMMUNY REPORTER05:30, 29 SEP 2019BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• GAY BIRMGHAM · CY GUI
• GAY UNED KGDOM
• AREA: GAY VILLAGE / HURST ST

GAY VILLAGE

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Excellent gay bar! This is what gay muny is about! An tate agent has been jailed for a vic attack on two gay men holdg hands Birmgham cy centre.

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He brand Murtza an ignorant 'homophobe' and scribed the look on his face at the time as the 'purt distillatn of hatred I have ever seen'.

The nvicted robber turned succsful bsman and married father, had gay iends himself, Birmgham Crown Court heard, and said he uld empathise wh the victims bee of the siar 'hostily' which me wh beg Asian. The punishment had to be uplifted to acunt for the homophobic nature of the attack.

13am on October 10, 2021 as Mr Kseler and Mr Smh were walkg to a hotel havg been out Birmgham's Gay Village. " Mr Smh said he no longer felt safe holdg his current partner's hand public or leavg gay bars and clubs Birmgham. " Richard Butcher, fendg, told the urt Murtza ran his own tate agents, was married wh a young child and had a number homosexual iends.

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It is the famo part of Birmgham cy centre known simply as the Gay Village. Frequent visors to the gay scene have had to fight agast velopment plans several tim over the last year to keep their ‘safe space.

We went out to the Gay Village to fd out why ’s so important to the cy’s LGBT muny that we keep this area alive.

ESTATE AGENT WHE ROLLS ROYCE JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS CYUSMAN MURTZA AGED 31, OM TIPTON, ATTACKED JOHN-PL KSELER AND ANTHONY SMH WH A GLASS BOTTLE AND METAL BAR OUTSI THE FORMER JTER BAR BIRMGHAM CY CENTRE 2021BIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYCARL JACKSONCOURT REPORTER17:01, 21 JUL 2023UPDATED12:18, 22 JUL 2023BOOKMARKUSMAN MURTZA RRIED OUT A HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK ON JOHN-PL KSELER (PICTURED RIGHT) AND ANTHONY SMH BIRMGHAM CY CENTRETHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

The performers 'We lerally have nowhere else we n go' Drag performers and events anisers Amber Cadavero and Pl Aleksandr shared the view that the Gay Village is their 'safe space' and they've been workg hard to keep the evolutn of the area full-swg. Amber said: "The Gay Village is really important to bee is our safe space. The duo have been the gay scene of Birmgham for around 25 years and have owned En Bar for over a .

THIS IS WHAT THE GAY VILLAGE REALLY MEANS TO BIRMGHAM’S LGBT MUNYBIRMGHAM’S LGBT MUNY HAS OPENED UP ABOUT WHAT THE GAY VILLAGE REALLY MEANS TO THEM.BIRMGHAMMAILBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYKIRSTY CARDCOMMUNY REPORTER05:30, 29 SEP 2019BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

" Gary said that he's a great believer the need for the Gay Village as a safe space and feels as though they're so close to losg a space that has been part of their muny for so long. The uncil has acknowledged the importance of the Gay Village at their meetg wh the LGBT muny at the venue. ' Drag Artist Eilish Nolan intifi as heterosexual but feels safer the Gay Village area than Broad Street where alternative style is 'not accepted'.

Eilish, also known unr the drag name Eyelash, said: "Gay Village on Hurst Street is really important to me bee beg very alternative and que different, I don't really f plac like Broad Street. ' The Gay Village is also home to stor specifilly tailored to servg the LGBT muny.

Clonezone, Hurst Street, has been a leadg gay adult store across the UK for more than 30 years and has a shop the area. Staff say that their lotn the gay village is important for the fort of their ctomers. CJ, manager of Clonezone, said: "Nowadays people say we don't need a gay village but 's a safe and clive space where people have the eedom to hold hands and be wh who ever they want.

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"It's important for our store to be here bee people may not necsarily feel fortable visg a space that isn't as safe as the gay village.

" The Area's Herage The Gay Village has evolved after begng wh one street 40 years ago. It has been the home of the cy’s gay scene sce the 1970s wh well known bars such as Jters and Nightgal servg the LGBT muny - often discretely. Prent day - Nightgale Club Birmgham's Gay Village.

How do we protect the Gay Village? Many of those who intify as LGBT believe the Gay Village should be regnised as a place of cultural signifince.

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The area, which is even regnised as the Gay Village on Google Maps, is not currently protected as such but uncil reprentativ have said uld be the future. The Planng Out toolk was lnched London on July 12 wh the goal of protectg gay villag across the UK cludg Birmgham.

Co-chair of Planng Out, Yohanna Webber said: "It's been 50 years sce the partial discrimatn of homosexualy the UK and the Stonewall rts New York. BirmghamFrom s dtrial roots, the cy has evolved to a major mercial and cultural statn, and is now one of the UK’s most dynamic and youthful ci (40% of the populatn is unr 25) largely pestrianised cy centre featur some serly morn archecture, cultural landmarks and world class retail, wh the old dtrial nals cleaned up and servg as backdrops for a thrivg fé, bar and rtrant SceneBeg a large cy, Birmgham has s own well-tablished Gay Village, loted jt to the south of the cy centre, an area now known as Gay Village is ncentrated around Hurst Street and featur many Gay Bars, Clubs and shops and is very much the ma foc of gay Birmgham gay scene ters maly for the huge and relatively young urban populatn.

AREA: GAY VILLAGE / HURST ST

Tourism is growg rapidly (Birmgham is England's send most-vised cy outsi of London) but do not yet attract the same volume of gay visors as London, Manchter or Brighton. Gettg around BirmghamWh a good range of cy centre hotels and the central lotn of the Gay Village, you will be able to easily reach most statns by walkg, or takg a lol taxi.

Whereas other European ci is mon for public transport systems to be tegrated this generally not the se the UK (at least, outsi of London) therefore you will have to buy separate tickets pendg on your mo of transport or pay extra "add-ons" to your origal to Stay BirmghamFor out list of remend hotels near the Gay Village on Hurst Street and wh the Birmgham cy centre, vis our Gay Birmgham Hotels to See & DoShoppgHighlights clu the cy centre Bullrg, rejuvenated wh the archectural wonr that is the Selidg store.